Man extradited for sexual assault case

(CMR) Oraine Anthony Duncan (39) agreed to an extradition warrant from the State of Connecticut, USA, to answer to multiple serious sexual assault and kidnapping charges involving a 13-year-old child when he was 18 years old. He could face decades in jail if convicted.

Duncan appeared in Summary Court on Wednesday morning, where he agreed to sign the consent order which would then be sent to HE The Governor Martyn Roper for approval. The judge made it clear that the governor had the final say, but as a foreign national, it was expected that he would sign off on it quickly.

Magistrate Allard explained to Duncan that the process would move quickly after the day's proceedings were over as there is a 14-day window that he must be sent back to the United States in. The judge further explained that the Governor's office has no control over how he would be transmitted out of the jurisdiction – that was a matter for the police to facilitate.

The consent order would be sent to the Department of Justice in the United States. Local law enforcement authorities would then liaise with the US agency on how Duncan would be transported. Once the order was in effect, he would remain in the control and custody of law enforcement until such time he is delivered to the court in the United States.

The DPP's office did not object to him changing the address on his bail conditions to continue to reside with his girlfriend in West Bay. However, the judge did not agree with their request to have him check in daily with the police station. Duncan is currently reporting three times per week and attorney Amelia Fouchene objected on the basis that there has been no breach of the current conditions.

Duncan is wanted in the State of Connecticut for the 2002 assault on a 13-year-old girl that he and a friend offered a ride. It is alleged that both of them had sex with the girl in a car after taking her to a field. His accomplice was charged and convicted of multiple offenses, including first-degree sexual assault and kidnapping.

Cayman authorities arrested him upon becoming aware of the extradition request.

The other defendant in the matter lost an appeal on his conviction in 2006. He was sentenced to thirty-five years execution, suspended after eighteen years, with ten years probation, and faced deportation back to Jamaica. He was 17 at the time of the offense.

Duncan, however, is accused of fleeing the jurisdiction before he was charged with the offense and returned to his native Jamaica before coming to the Cayman Islands to work as a chef.